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BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29,

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WNITED STATES: PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK S. COMSTOCK, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

BUCKLE Specification of LettersPzitent.

Patented Nor. 1'7, 1908.

Application filed. January 29, 1968. Serial No. 413,148.

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My invention relates to an improvement in buckles, and more particularly to a device of this kind or character which is devised tosbe used with suspenders, shoulder straps attached to overalls, or similar articles, the object being to so construct the buckle that the strap or suspender will be held flatly and firmly in 'position' with respect thereto,whereby any tendency of the strap or suspender to bulge outwardly from the buckle and become accidentally'detached from the tongues or prongs thereof, is prevented.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which is simple in its con truction, and therefore cheap to man ufacture, and which will be strong and EfllC'lcdt in use.

WVith these and other ends in View, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as will he hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in elevation of my improved buckle attached to the suspender or strap. Fig. 2

is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3'is a view in elevation of the buckle detached from the Suspender or strap.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the draw ings, the buckle is shown as consisting of two parts, the upper portion or frame A and the lower orbody portion B, each of which is constructed from a single piece of wire. The frame A is of the usual form,

.being bent to form the loop 9, and having its ends bent to form eyes or sockets a. for sup porting the body portion of the buckle in. the well known manner. The lower or body portion B is preferably formed by bending the wire upward to form the vertical sides 5, b, and at intermediate points thereof, the

wire is bent inwardly and then backwardly upon itself forming the tongues or retaining means v, c, for preventing the strap or suspendei from bulging outwardly from the buckle and becoming accidentally disengaged from the tongues thereof, and also forming the upper and lower loops (Z and a throughwhich the snspender or strap passes ashereinafter described. The ends of the wire forming the body portionB are bent to form the tongues f, j, which co-act with the frame A in the usual manner. The por- 'tions of the vertical sides Z) lying above and below the retaining means or tongues c, are preferablyv bent slightly backwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the bar a of the frame A and the retaining means a will lie in substantially-the same vertical plane, thereby tending to keep the suspends-r or strap flat. 3

In practice, one end of the Suspender or strap C is secured in any suitable manner to the bar I) of the body portion B and the.

other end, after passing through a suitable button-loop D, or other suitable device, passes through the lower loop 6, from the front side of the buckle,.then under the retaining means 0, and through the upper loop (I, after a which it is secured or attached to the tongues f in the usual way, passing through the loop 9 in the frame A.

It will be seen that I have devised a buckle which is simple. in construction, and con sequently cheap to manufacture, which will be efficient in use, and which is provided with means for holding the strap or sus ponder to which it is attached flat-against the same, thereby preventing the strap from bulging outwardly and becoming detached from the tongues of the buckle.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The buckle hereinbefore described and comprising the frame A and body B, the frame A being made of a single piece of wire and bent to form a cross bar, the free ends of which are formed into sockets, the

said body being also formed of a single piece of wire, the free ends of which pass through said sockets and are formed into tongues engaging with said frame, the sides of the body being bent inw'ardlyto within a State ofNew York, this 2-8 dayof January, A. D. 1908.

. CLARK S. COMSTOCK.

Witnesses:

M. VAN NORTWIOK, Jon? B. WHITE. 

